Former Rockland drug counselor gets prison in bribery case

L.I. man took money, sex from addicts

9:55 PM,
Dec. 18, 2013

Hulen Ginn

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A 42-year-old former Rockland County counselor has been sentenced to 1½ to 4½ years in prison for taking money and sex from drug users in exchange for recommending their early release from court-ordered treatment.

Hulen Ginn of Valley Stream, Long Island, who spent 11 years in prison for possessing a weapon and assaulting a police officer, was sentenced Tuesday by Rockland County Judge William Nelson on his guilty plea to taking bribes.

Ginn admitted taking $500 to $2,000 from substance-abuse addicts in exchange for recommending their early release from drug treatment or for helping them ...